Combination of necktie supporter and retainer.



T. C. SPELUNG. comm/mow or NECKTIE SUPPORTERAND RETAINER.

APPLICATION man SEPT. e, 1916.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

THOMAS C. SPELLING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINATION OF NECKTIE SUPPORTER AND RETAINER.

Application filed. September 6, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. SPELLING, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combinations of Necktie Supporters and Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combination necktie supporters and retainers, and more particularly to that type adapted to support and retain any and every type of tie, whether ready made or in the form of cravats which are tied when put on and untied when taken off.

It is designed to prevent hanger or four in hand ties sagging down from the top of the collar and the displacement of bow ties. Incidentally, the device will tighten the surface cloth and preserve the form.

It comprises a simple form of basic plate so curved as to admit of its being wedged under the head of a collar button, said plate to also support two members so resiliently coacting as to support and retain a necktie by firmly impinging the fabric thereof nearest the collar button.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the completed device; Fig. 2 is a detached view of the coacting members before referred to, as they will appear in place; Fig. 8 is a top view of the completed device; Fig. 4 is a side view; Fig. 5 exhibits a slight alteration in arrangement of the parts wherein both the coacting resilient members are attached on one side only of the plate and extended across rather than parallel with the line of the slot in the plate as in the preceding illustrations; Fig. 6 shows in perspective the fastening means to the plate of the supports, and Fig. 7 is a modification of the invention, wherein a single resilientmember takes the place of all the parts shown in the preferred embodiment.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, similar reference characters indicating identical parts in the several views: The thin plate A is bent over at the top and curved upwardly in its middle section at B in order to give effect to its resiliency to the end that it may be wedged and firmly held under the head of the collar button C. Each of two resilient members, D and E,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Serial No. 118,620.

comprises the wings F, turned outwardly as shown at Gr, the upper portions of which are notched and pointed as seen at H, the neck I and the support J, the latter being shouldered on the plate and extended through the plate and bradded, or clenched under the plate, as at K.

At L the respective wings are brought sharply together and fulcrumed against each other, so that simultaneous inward pressure being applied to the lower parts of the wings the upper parts spread apart, and by the application of pressure the fabric of the tie is caused to enter the intervening space, and is upon release of pressure on the wings resiliently grasped and held.

At M the lower part of each wing is so slanted as to prevent contact with the button head when the latter normally rests at N.

In Fig. 5 is shown a rearrangement of the parts, but no alteration of their several functions. The said supports are shouldered on and extended through the plate side by side at 0, instead of being separated by the slot P as in other illustrations, and the gripping members are placed across the slot. This rearrangement is to adapt the device for use in connection with bow ties, it being an advantage that the mechanism be hidden from view by the tie itself which might be impracticable if it were vertically placed as in the preceding form. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the supports are not fulcrumed on each other but are spread apart by the action in use of the two wings which are fulcrumed on each other at Q. Pressure being applied to the outwardly bent lower portions of the wings the notched and pointed members separate from each other and allow the center band of the tie to be placed between them. Upon removal of the pressure, the jaws above resiliently grasp the fabric, similarly as above de scribed.

While I have set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is with the realization,as will also appear to persons skilled in the art to which it appertains, that it is capable of embodiment in other forms and devices, as may be in accordance with the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

1. A tie supporter and retainer comprising a resilient plate having a slot formed therein from one end thereof, said plate bers being bent to form fulcrums for said members.

Signed at New York city, Manhattan borough, in the county of New York and State 15 of New York, this 12th day of August, A. D. 1916.

THOMAS C. SPELLING.

Witnesses N. MAZZIOTTA, BENJ. FRANK.

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